Spool holder



M. C. EDW ARDS.

-SPO0L HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21. I920.

Pmnm m, 4, 11922.

a simple and cornparatively inexpensive dereceptacle, one end of said spindle l 1 may be attached to or suspended from a grasped as needed and Withdrawn to the deceptaclc.

drical in general tm-ru witha removable cap tion to the receptacle and rernovably secured be connected the extremities of a flex'il'lle s1 thread, cotton, or yarn may be directed so G. EDWARDS. i

i l an? relented tier ieaa lrdilrlll spoon nonnzen.

Application filed May 27, 1920. SeriaI No. 384,656.

To all whom it may concern: l as to be accessible to the operator for the Be it known that IdMnzrn C. EDWARDS, removal of the desired length o t material for a citizen of the United States of America, use at any onetin' e, and whereas, whenthe residing at Norwich, in the county of New ball of yarn is serving or furnishing the '5 London and State of Connecticut, have inmaterial it may be arranged loosely in the vented. new and useful Improvements in receptacle, it. is preferable, when thread or Spool Holders, of whichthe following is a cotton is being used from a spool, to pro- Smcificatmn' y, vide a spindle 18 as indicated in Figure 2 The object of the invention is to provide "for arrangement in or about the axis of the p l icing vice suitable for holding a spool of thread. threaded as shown at 19 for del zachable .uror cotton, or a ball. of yarn under conditions gagelucnt with a socket 20, one of which may which will be com enient to the seamstress be arranged in each of the heads of the re or the operator in knitting or crocheting, ceptaoles in alinenient with the knobs or and. furthermore in. such a way asto protect trunnions 18. l J the same from dustfand guard against snarl- Obviously the holder may be suspended ing or tangling while presenting the loose fronr the dress of the operator, .or user end for access at all times, it being preferable to suit her preference so that the projecting toprovide a: holder with means whereby it end of the thread or yarn may be readily garment ofthe operator such as thewaist sired extent either' for threading a needle or the skirt band, and with these objects in or to provide the necessary slack in .lrnitview the invention consists in a construction ting or crocheting,and the .revolubility of and combination of parts of which a pre the receptacle with reference to the hanger 25 'l.crred embodiment is shown in the acconn or flexible supporting means provides for v partying drawings wherein: p the movement of the guide outlet 17 to suit Figure l is a side view or the device. the direction 111' which the threador yarn l igure 2 is a sectional view of the same 1s being strained in feeding it from the retakenin the plane otthe axis of the receptacle. a

, i r The invention. having been described as s Figure 3 is a transversesection on he being" what is new and useful is:

plane indicated by the line 33 o'l l igure'il. A holder for the purpose described hav- 'lhe holder consists essentially of a rclug a cylindrical. receptacleprovided With ceptacle ll) which may, as shown he cylin a removable cap oil? con ipleinental construe or covering 1] attached tocthebody oil. the thereto, the lid and the receptacle being receptacle by a threaded joint indicated at provided with axial knobs constituting trunfliland extending axially :tromthc receptacle nious, a :llexihle suspending means engagare knobs or trunuirms .13 with which may iug with said trunnions to rotatahly sup port the receptacle when the lid is attached, pending means such as achaiu l4.- [u'm'ided and an axialspindle in the receptacle and at at intermediate point with all allaching engagea bleivith sockets lorn'ied in the trun- 9o devil: such. as a safety pin15cormectedwith 111011 or either the receptacle or 11d, the re the chain by a ring 16. ceptacle havinga peripheral outlet peirtora 4 In the side wall of the body portion of tion for the passage of a strand of thready the receptacle is arranged a guide or outlet- In testimony. whereof she aflixes her sig opening 17 tlilrough which the end of the nature. 

